All fnished as of Saturday morning at 1030am! Thanks to everyone for spending the week with us! I appreciate everyone's flexibility and understanding with some long matches that went on. It was a great week of tennis with the tournament, programming, random court time and lots of energy in the club! Thank you to all of our members and their understanding of the tournament, coming out to watch, suppplying lunch on Thursday, losing their court and generally all around flexibility of what it takes to run an event like this, thank you so much!See you next year!

Media and Photos

**NEW ADDITION**Check out all the tournament photos on our Midtown Facebook page! Click or copy and paste the link.https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152635291064319.1073741849.125496284318&type=3&uploaded=56

KMBC News was here covering the tournament on Tuesday and aired on the 10pm news, copy and paste this link to view the segment:
http://www.kmbc.com/news/Senior-tennis-star-describes-unusual-victories/26645992?showAds=0

The USTA Missouri Valley was here taking photos on Wednesday and has posted them to their home page on line, copy and paste this link to view them:
http://www.missourivalley.usta.com/photos/65-75-85-womens-indoor-championship/19/midtown_panorama/

The KC Star newspaper ran the following article in their newspaper, I will post a link once I receive it:http://www.kansascity.com/sports/tennis/article631138.html

Complimentary Player Clinic

UPDATE - June 21 as of this afternoon there were 3 spots left, would like to fill this up so that we have 4 players to a court.Midtown coaches will host a complimentary clinic for tournament players on June 22 Sunday night from 5:00 - 6:00pm. We will only have space for 20 players so call the club at 913-491-4116 and ask to be signed up for this clinic! We will only except the first 20 players to sign up. This clinic will be ran as a warm up type clinic, if we ;play points we will not keep any score.

85 Doubles Start Time

The first round for the 85 doubles is now Wednesday, please check the draw for start times.

65 Singles Draw Change

There was a change in the 65 singles draw with a #5 seed pulling out. The change has been made and players notified. Thursday June 19 at 1:30pm

Tournament Events

Tuesday June 24 USTA Missouri Valley Wine and Cheese Party begins at 6:00pm at Midtown. Complimentary for players.Wednesday June 25th Midtown Player Banquet begins at 6:00pm at Midtown. Complimentary for players, guests $20Complimentary Player lunch will be served at Midtown Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11:30am - 1:00pm

Draws and Times

UPDATE All draws and first match times have been posted 10:45pm Tuesday June 17.

Warm Up Courts and Lessons with coaches

Tournament price of $20 per hour per court. Players may reserve courts over the weekend prior to the tournament for warm up courts and pay for the court. You may call the front desk at 913-491-4116 to schedule a court.During the tournament we will have a warm up court available.If you would like to hit with one of our coaches over the weekend prior to the tournament please let me know an I will set that up for you. Send me an email.

Entry Fee

UPDATE - there were many errors during on line registration. entry fee for this tournament is 125.84 for first event plus 36 for 2nd event, there was an error listed on the homepage that the USTA has removed that max fee was 130, total fee for singles and doubles is 161.84. If you paid 130 you may pay the difference at the tournament desk.I also am working on the 233 fee the on line registrsation is trying to charge players, I hope to have this worked out through the linkteam, if you paid this amount we will also get this taken care of.We apologize for the error.Thank you

Chair Massage

We are scheduled to have the Complimentary Chair Massage on Tuesday. We will have a sign up sheet that day.

65 Doubles seeding changed 6/12 10:00pm

tournament committee considered new information and changed the 3 and 4 seeds in 65 doubles.

USTA Information

“This tournament is sanctioned by the
International Tennis Federation (ITF) as a closed national championship.
Singles and Doubles players in ITF ranking divisions (Men’s and Women’s 35-85) will receive Grade 2
ranking points if they have a current IPIN. To buy or renew an IPIN go to
itftennis.com/ipin. Players must renew their IPIN annually unless otherwise
notified . All USTA members, regardless of nationality or residence, are
welcome to participate in this event. (To join the USTA, click here .)”

Dear Players: Your thoughts are important to us!

Please take a moment to complete the 2014 Tournament Evaluation. more info

Notes

2014 will be the 34th annual event of this tournament!

Messages

Only Women's 65 & 75 divisions are ITF Sanction- Grade 2

Tournament Date Changefor 2014This tournament has moved to June 23rd for 2014! Please tell a friend!

Host HotelChase Suites will be our Host Hotel again this year! Reserve by calling 888-433-9765 ask for Womens National Tennis Block. Studio Queen and Two Bedroom Two/Bath Suite! are available

Doubles Partners In need of a doubles partner? Send me an email with name and division wanting to play in and I will do the best I can to pair you up with someone, no gurantee. Doubles entry also close the same time as singles.

Practice Courts If you are coming in prior to the tournament and want to use a practice court, you may reserve a court through the front desk and pay for the court time you use. During the tournament I will do my best to set a side a practice court or you may walk on an open court. Please be mindful of our members court reservations if you are walking on. Reservations prior to tournament may be reserved by calling 913-491-4116

EventsDisregard information under fee section at top of page - You may enter 2 events, 1 singles and 1 doubles or 2 doubles with the same partner. You may not compete in 2 singles events. If you mail in your entry you must provide the full name and USTA # of your doubles partner.

Super ShuttleClick on link to the Super Shuttle service from KC Airport.http://www.supershuttle.com/?SID=googleadwords

Lunches and Tournament Events

1)
The player lunches will be Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday.

2)
The USTA Wine and Cheese party hosted by the
USTA Missouri Valley will be on Tuesday 6/24.

3)
The Player Banquet hosted by Midtown will be on Wednesday 6/25.

REGISTRATION FOR THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE AT THE YELLOW HOUSE TO THE LEFT OF THE MAIN BUILDING

For Adult & Senior National Rankings:This tournament will calculate as a Category I (10x).Champions will receive 1000 points.

Player Selection Type

No Selection Process. All registered players will be selected.

Entry Type

Entry to this tournament is open to all USTA members. Entries must be submitted by Monday, June 09, 2014 11:59:00 PM Central Time. Only USTA members can register online if available.

Quick Reference

In the future, you can jump straight to this tournament by entering the tournament identification number: 400001814 from the searchable schedule homepage.